Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825

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Pioneer, farmer, author, and state official of Illinois.

From the description of Morris Birkbeck treatise and scrapbook, 1619-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123913404

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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0002af

Founder of English settlement of Wanborough, Illinois, 1818; Illinois secretary of state, 1824.

From the description of Letter : English Prairie, Illinois, to Charles Butler, London, [England], 1819 Jan. 29. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159125

Birkbeck, a Quaker, founded an English Quaker settlement in Illinois in 1817-18.

From the description of Letter : Princeton, Ind., to William Rotch, Jr., 1817 Aug. 23. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24832117
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referencedIn Flower, George, 1780-1862. Letters, 1816-1817. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Dunlop, James. James and John Dunlop Papers, 1818-1853. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Fordham, Elias Pym. Extracts from letters written, on a journey to the western parts of the United States : and during a residence in the Illinois Territory / by an English farmer, 1818. Newberry Library
referencedIn Vol. xiii. (IF. 498). 14 Aug. 1803-1826.includes:ff. 1, 54, 77, 92, 127, 158, 162, 168, 243-253 William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letters to the 2nd Earl of Chichester: 1801 -1812. f. 3 Damian: Letter to the 2nd Earl of Chichester: 1803.: Fr. ff. ... British Library
creatorOf Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Robert B. Haines III collection, 1793-1834. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Indiana History mss., 1725-1973 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Thomas Dickason & Co. Letter : London, to William Rotch, Jr., New Bedford, Mass., 1818 June 12. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825. Letter : Princeton, Ind., to William Rotch, Jr., 1817 Aug. 23. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825. Morris Birkbeck treatise and scrapbook, 1619-1817. Library of Congress
referencedIn U.S. History mss., 1612-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
referencedIn Flower Family. Papers, 1787-1964. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. Letter and typed copy: London, to Richard Rush, Washington City, 1817 Mar. 13. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825. Letter : English Prairie, Illinois, to Charles Butler, London, [England], 1819 Jan. 29. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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associatedWith Flower, George, 1780-1862. person
associatedWith Fordham, Elias Pym. person
associatedWith Holman, Louis A. (Louis Arthur), 1866-1939 person
associatedWith Rotch, William, 1759-1850. person
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Death 1825-06-04

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